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I have a new short story published. Yay!

I have a new short story published.  Yay!  I am promoting it free on amazon for three days starting tomorrow.  I am also promoting my two short novels, Skylark-A Love Story and Unexpected Gifts for 99 cents during the same period.  I think this is the link to my author page on Amazon. 

http://www.amazon.com/D.C.-Williams/e/B00CAQ7MBW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Progress.

I just finished a weird little historical that I should have out on Kindle in a week or so, and I’m still working on my revision.  Hopefully it’ll be successful, but honestly, I think I’ve improved it, but I’m not sure it’s what the publisher wants.  I know I had technical issues, particularly with pacing, and I think I’m correcting those, but I think it may still be too novel-like and not romantic enough.  We’ll see.

A review!

I finally got one on Amazon for “Closure”.  Unfortunately, it was terrible.  One star.  ”Overly Religious”.  It is religious, especially given the other subject matter, but the reviewer clearly wasn’t comfortable with it and didn’t get what I was trying to say.  Still, nothing on the actual writing, just the subject matter.  Oh well.

Revise and Resubmit

Is what the publisher said about my latest novel.  I’m working on the revision.  Hopefully they’ll like it, and if they don’t, there’s always Amazon.  I’d rather have a publisher, though, so I’m doing the work. and listening to what they had to say, even the things I don’t completely agree with.

I also have a free short story on Amazon this week, “Closure-A Nick And Leon Story” by D.C. Williams.  Check it out.

 

The perils of a common name

There seems to be another D.C. Williams who writes romance novels. Very much not the kind I write. And while I wish this writer much success in his or her efforts, I'm not thrilled by the potential confusion. And I did publish first, and checked carefully for likely duplicates. It does appear that at least one of the people who bought one of my novels then bought hers(?). Now in a perfect world, this reader would enjoy both books, but I'm still not thrilled.

I don't write that kind of book, and I don't really want to be thought of as writing that kind of book (wish-fulfillment heterosexual romance about beautiful people) and I'm betting the other author doesn't want to be perceived as writing the kind of books I write. Oh, well.

It’s late, I’m tired, and I don’t feel like writing.

And I’m not sure what I would write.  I just banged out a short story and edited it in less that a week.  I do, by the way, kind of get the point of waiting to let things sit before you call them finished.  I keep seeing things in my copy that look a little rough, but since it’s been published, I don’t want to do small tweaks.  It’s kind of given me an idea for another story, but I’m not sure it’s one I need to write, even if it evokes the New York I grew up in.

I ordered a couple of copies of my POD paperbacks and they look fabulous.  Standard small press trade paperbacks, not those nasty looking vanity press things from back in the day.  I am so happy, even if I have to defend them from friends and relatives who would like to borrow them.

New story coming out, and some personal issues.

I have a new short story available for Kindle later today.  It’s called “Doors That Remain Closed”, it’s the first historical I’ve published, sort of, since it’s set in 1973, and it isn’t really a romance, since the ending is poignant, not HEA or even HFN.

Personally, this has been a difficult week, since my husband is in the hospital after open heart surgery.  Working on writing is a welcome respite from that, let me tell you, and he is so far doing well, thanks to God.

Paperbacks! I have paperbacks available!

“Skylark-A Love Story” and “Unexpected Gifts” are available on Amazon in paperback.  It’s POD (print on demand) so it’s kind of expensive, but they’re actual print books, and no trees have died for unsold copies, which is important to me.  I have ordered a couple of copes for myself, which I can bring to work and show off.  Everyone at my job has been incredibly supportive, by the way, even girls who I thought would be uncomfortable with LGBT subject matter.

Progress

I think, and you see I use the word “think”, I have a link to my Author page on Goodreads up.  I now have two titles available for sale (cheap!) on Amazon.  I write under the name “D.C. Williams” and my books are “Skylark-a Love Story” and “Unexpected Gifts”.  I do also have a number of other works in progress, and when I have more time I’ll talk about those.